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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/rust%20name/near/205618246" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/rust.20name.html#205618246">(Jul 31 2020 at 17:31)</a>:</h4>
<p>I just realized that the name "Rust" is composed of 4 consecutive letters (not in the right order though). And Rustaceans often use port 7878 because it spells out Rust on a telephone keypad! Just thought that was interesting :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/rust%20name/near/205686695" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/rust.20name.html#205686695">(Aug 01 2020 at 15:49)</a>:</h4>
<p>nice but i think the last part is false: <a href="https://github.com/search?q=7878&amp;type=Code">https://github.com/search?q=7878&amp;type=Code</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/rust%20name/near/205690846" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Noah Lev <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/rust.20name.html#205690846">(Aug 01 2020 at 17:36)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="120823">@DPC</span> Hmm, why do you think it's false? Look at what the Rust book says:</p>
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<p>Using TcpListener, we can listen for TCP connections at the address 127.0.0.1:7878. In the address, the section before the colon is an IP address representing your computer (this is the same on every computer and doesn’t represent the authors’ computer specifically), and 7878 is the port. We’ve chosen this port for two reasons: HTTP is normally accepted on this port, and 7878 is rust typed on a telephone.</p>
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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/rust%20name/near/205695798" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/rust.20name.html#205695798">(Aug 01 2020 at 19:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>i'm just saying 7878 is used by a port by many others as well</p>



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